Hope it passes soon enough. Like a hangover. You never know, research might be published one day relegating all recent positive tests to the status of hangover as a result of regaining our freedom to socialise and drink. I have certainly noticed that it seems to be rife up here at the moment with people testing positive all over the place who had gone through the last 18 months without any problems at all. Do you have anything to confess? The other problem up here certainly for some of my clients is the number of people who 'had to' self isolate because of pings received all in the 10 days before their booked summer holidays and factory shutdowns. I have heard from two sources that you can create a false positive for yourself by devious shenanigans with the NHS covid app. That was not speculation. They were both shown how to do it by employees who did not approve of what some of their mates were doing. The news that pings had dropped by 40% over the space of a week did prompt a cynical chuckle in me. Of course it had - the miscreants had achieved their goal so no point in doing it now! Can't see myself going to any games in the foreseeable future. I was due to go to the Boro game next week but my host had herself caught it together with her son a couple of weeks ago and suffered albeit only for a couple of days. She cancelled because she has to go to Wales to sort out some HR issues in their factory down there
Why cheat on the assay...the lateral flow is self reporting and so you just have to say "I'm positive" The PCR test is harder to cheat on Update I have personally told all the close contacts I know/remember I had in the 5 days previous to my positive test. Two have been pinged, but as they were pinged 2 days apart ....are they both related to me? I do not know.? (one soon after I reported it to NHS, the other just now) 3 others have not been pinged, who I thought should have. 3 others have not been using the app...including someone (not a QPR supporter or on here) who told me that they turned off the app because it went off every time they went in a pub! I have reminded all my contacts that from Monday, if they are doubly jabbed and negative on a lateral flow, they do not need to isolate anyhow. Seriously bad timing on my part I am afraid.. Hubbie is aching all over, feels fevery, lost appetite and got a headache and hasn't moved from a chair in the garden in two days Me ......I am like a caged lion, with pent-up anger, so have cleaned the house, car, garden...I have no symptoms. This is really a strange one
New Zealand borders to remain closed for rest of the year Published 1 hour ago Share Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic please log in to view this image IMAGE SOURCEREUTERS image captionJacinda Ardern has won praise for her handling of the pandemic New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that that the country's borders will remain closed until at least the end of the year. She said an elimination strategy was the best way to keep Covid-19 out and the economy open. Ms Ardern stressed that the priority was vaccinating the whole population by the end of 2021. New Zealand is seen as one of the most successful countries in the world in controlling the coronavirus pandemic. The country has recorded just 26 deaths in a population of just under five million people. "We're simply not in a position to a fully reopen just yet," Ms Ardern said in a speech at a forum about reconnecting New Zealanders to the world. "When we move we will be careful and deliberate, because we want to move with confidence and with as much certainty as possible." The prime minister said New Zealand would move to a new individual risk-based model for quarantine-free travel from the start of next year. Vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries will be able to visit without quarantining, while those from higher risk countries will have to either self-isolate or quarantine for 14 days. New Zealand has contained Covid-19 outbreaks and Ms Ardern has won praise for her handling of the pandemic. Strict border controls and snap lockdowns are among the measures that have kept infection rates low.
Butthuber/G-Hoop/The Dark Destroyer has been busy.... Covid: Germany fears thousands got saline, not vaccine from nurse please log in to view this image Authorities in north Germany have asked more than 8,000 people to get repeat Covid vaccinations because a nurse is suspected of having injected saline instead of vaccine in many cases. Police are investigating the nurse's actions at a vaccination centre in Friesland, near the North Sea coast. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58186032
Get well soon Beth and Mr Beth....it's a horrid virus and wouldn't wish it on anyone. Keep an eye on yourself Beth, my wife had minimal symptoms and ended up ill for months, whilst I had all the aches and sweats but came out the other side ok.
So I am now livid. So I tested Hubbie and myself on monday on lateral flow tests, found we were positive, booked the PCR tests, got sent the results and told to isolate for 10 days.... which is until the end of Thursday 19th. I have no symptoms and am now lateral flow negative But Hubbie who is ill, so ill he cannot do anything. ..Magically he only has to isolate to Wednesday....so he has decided to bugger off to a festival first thing on Thursday and I cant go and see my new born granddaughter for a further 24 hours first thing on Friday How can an automated bloody system get it so wrong This is a serious infringement of my rights here, stopping me from going to see my new born granddaughter. Heads will roll. I am seriously seriously peeved
Oh by the way. I am now a very proud but emotional grandmother of 2 girls Littlest girl, born by elective cesearian at 11 this morning. No problem of either Covid or any anything else. All well.. Which is all I ever wanted Except I cannot see them for a week (see rant above)
Best wishes to mother and daughter, I hope they are both well and your week goes as quickly as possible
Congratulations Beth aka Grandma Re the other stuff, when does pure common sense kick in? If you test negative, feel fine and have already isolated for nearly a week, I’d be happy to be out and about by Monday if everything stays the same. Seriously, who is checking?
Congrats Beth. Having just done a needless 10 day isolation myself (missing my holiday to Scotland) i found that very few are even bothering to follow any rules. Its the main reason why this virus is spreading, infact its literally impossible to control.
While many like to have a bash at the young for not getting jabbed, they aren’t making it easy for them……my son was due his second jab tomorrow morning (booked appointment), but was invited to Pembrokeshire for the weekend a couple of hours ago. Given the general crapness of existence for so long no way were we going to go ‘oh, but what about your jab….’, he tried to sort out a rapid visit to a drop in centre before they went (it’s a long drive after work on a Friday….) but none exist round here apparently, and the first bookable appointment was next Wednesday afternoon (booked). He’ll be ok because he wants to have the jab, but if you aren’t convinced or aren’t prepared to suffer any inconvenience or plan ahead (pathetic, but I’m selfishly thinking about the benefits of high levels of vaccinations, let’s make it ****ing easy for these delicate flowers) this really doesn’t help. My wife was a little concerned about infection risk, but then I fessed up to the experience of going to the Rs last weekend, and she agreed that there was very little the boy could get up to which would match that level of potential infection. After one of her special ‘oh for ****s sake’ looks.
I don’t get what your saying ‘isn’t making it easy for them’ I mean your lad cancels last minute for his jab (not blaming him ‘cos I’d do the same for a night on the piss for sure), unable to get a walk in close to home….so gets an appointment for Wednesday. Where’s that making it hard for them ? Seems pretty good to me if I’m honest.
Who is checking...the bloody man who phones me up every morning to ask if I am at home. I will be tomorrow, and I will be waiting for him...and asking him how his system has co8ked up badly..and what he is going to do about it Dont tell him, to scare him off. I am ready and waiting
Probably true, I will follow the rules...well my hubbies rules if I am still lateral flow negative next Wednesday night
Congrats Stroller...4 that is a great number. Congrats Grandpa (or Bubba as it is called in our house)
